CVE details
CVE-2026-75596
Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework. Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, the default io.netty.handler.ssl.SniHandler constructors use the pre-handshake ClientHello aggregation path in handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/SslClientHelloHandler.java at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslClientHelloHandler#decode, where handshakeBuffer.clear() and writeBytes() recopy all previously received body bytes for every additional TLS record. An unauthenticated remote peer can advertise a large ClientHello and deliver its body in thousands of tiny records, causing quadratic CPU work on the event loop before the TLS handshake completes and degrading TLS handling for other clients. This issue is fixed in versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.
Affected ports (1)
| Port | Package | Version | Status | Maintainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| java/netty | netty | 4.1.53_2 | unaddressed | glewis@FreeBSD.org |
Template for a VuXML entry
Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.
<vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
<topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
<affects>
<package>
<name>netty</name>
<range><lt>4.1.137</lt></range>
</package>
</affects>
<description>
<body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<p>Netty is an asynchronous, event-driven network application framework.
Prior to 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final, the default
io.netty.handler.ssl.SniHandler constructors use the pre-handshake
ClientHello aggregation path in
handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/SslClientHelloHandler.java
at io.netty.handler.ssl.SslClientHelloHandler#decode, where
handshakeBuffer.clear() and writeBytes() recopy all previously
received body bytes for every additional TLS record. An
unauthenticated remote peer can advertise a large ClientHello and
deliver its body in thousands of tiny records, causing quadratic CPU
work on the event loop before the TLS handshake completes and
degrading TLS handling for other clients. This issue is fixed in
versions 4.1.137.Final and 4.2.17.Final.</p>
</body>
</description>
<references>
<cvename>CVE-2026-75596</cvename>
<url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75596</url>
</references>
<dates>
<discovery>2026-08-19</discovery>
<entry>2026-10-25</entry>
</dates>
</vuln>